Group: Editorial Board

Carlotta Amalia Fernandez is a psychology freshman with plans to procure a Master of Social Work. She joined The Mercury in August 2024 as Social Media Manager and an occasional writer. Her favorite hobbies include obsessing over musicals, napping, eating absurd amounts of fruit, cuddling with her cat/biological daughter Delilah, and adding to her collection…

Lulu Cheng is a business analytics sophomore. She used to be data science, but decided she was not a fan of doing homework. She enjoys yapping to anyone and everyone, and can’t stand being alone. Lulu loves baking dessert and playing piano, although she can never sit still long enough to actually learn a piece.…

Aimee Morgan is an art, technology and emerging communication major with a concentration in media studies. Guided by her passion for journalism and storytelling, Aimee started in student media as a staff writer for Dallas College’s Brookhaven campus at The Courier, working her way to her final position as Editor-in-Chief. Now a transfer student in…

Kavya Racheeti is a literature sophomore with a minor in biology. She joined The Mercury in January 2024 and is super excited to be your Opinion Editor this semester! When she is not indoctrinating the masses to convert to Glen Powell-ism, she’s most likely rewatching Derry Girls or curating the perfect “top 4 movies” list…

Paola Martinez is a literature major with a creative writing concentration. She joined The Mercury in September 2023 and started as Life & Arts Editor in spring 2024. As Life & Arts Editor, she loves to get to know other people and ask about their work and quirky interests. Paola enjoys going on long runs…

Fiyin Olajide is a literature junior with a creative writing concentration. She is responsible for copy editing the newspaper. She started working in her position spring 2024; she previously worked at The Mercury in fall 2022. Fiyin loves all forms of writing and was introduced to the world of journalism through competing in UIL in…

Katya Zakar is a biomedical engineering and visual arts senior who cites her Kazakh and Armenian roots as a major inspiration for her work as a photographer. Katya has been a Student Media urchin since 2022, where she has worked as a RadioUTD DJ and is now Photo Editor at The Mercury. If she isn’t…

Rainier Pederson is a computer science and mathematics junior at UTD. This is his second year as Web Editor for The Mercury (and fifth year of being the web editor overall, counting his time in high school) and third year working as an artist for The Mercury (and seventh year overall). In his free time,…

Maria Shaikh is a biochemistry junior that tripped and fell into an Asian Studies minor, and then stumbled again into The Mercury. She joined as Copy Editor in spring 2023, worked as Opinion Editor since October that year and succumbed to being Managing Editor in summer 2024 — even though em dash policing will always…

Anika Sultana is a visual and performing arts senior with a concentration in art history. They are also a Fast-Track student in the fall 2024 master’s cohort at the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History. They joined The Mercury in October 2023 as a contributing artist, became Social Media Manager in January 2024, and now…